Are you passionate about leading a team through collaboration and empowerment? - This could be the role for you!

In joining our team, you’ll find we also care about you – providing everything from a culture that encourages a balance of home life and work to well-being days off.

Employee Benefits:

• Above Award Salary - Minimum $115,251.73 (based on qualification and experience).
• 11 Wellbeing Days (to support worker well-being)- in addition to Annual Leave.
• Awesome Not-for-Profit Salary Sacrificing options of up to $15,899 per FBT year.
• Portable Long Service Leave (from eligible organisations).
• Regular Clinical Supervision.
• Excellent Learning & Development opportunities.
• Relocation Assistance available for eligible candidates.

About the Role:

Are you a passionate, experienced clinician ready to make a lasting impact in youth mental health? Brophy Family and Youth Services is seeking an innovative Clinical Lead to guide and inspire our team at headspace Hamilton in delivering vital mental health services for young people, their families, and their communities. This senior role in our Health Services division offers a unique opportunity to lead, shape, and improve mental health care in a dynamic, supportive environment.

As the Clinical Lead, you will be at the forefront of youth mental health care, leading a multidisciplinary team to ensure services are accessible, youth-friendly, culturally sensitive, and family-inclusive. Your clinical expertise and vision will drive the development of high-quality, evidence-based services that truly make a difference. You’ll play a key role in empowering our team through clinical supervision, continuous professional development, and fostering a culture of collaboration and best practice.

The perfect candidate will bring significant experience and expertise in youth mental health, a talent for team leadership, and a commitment to high-quality service delivery. An understanding of contemporary management practices and an ability to supervise and develop multidisciplinary teams will be essential in achieving meaningful outcomes for young people.

If you’re ready to be a driving force in youth mental health and lead a team that’s as committed to positive change as you are, apply today to join Brophy Family and Youth Services as our Clinical Lead at headspace Hamilton

A full list of key duties is outlined in the Position Description, but includes responsibilities in: 

• Manage funded program delivery in accordance with service agreements, quality and safety, and evaluation frameworks. 
• Provide clinical leadership, consultation and expertise to clinical staff and private practitioners in the delivery of early intervention mental health care to young people, their families and friends.
• Undertake research, service mapping, needs analysis and program evaluation to meet best practice and inform program planning and implementation. 
• Ensure clinical staff are appropriately orientated and provided with adequate supervision, training and professional development, including clinical supervision of tertiary students, provisional and early career clinicians.
• Promote collaboration with headspace teams and the broader agency to create positive client outcomes.

Do your skills include:

• Ability to monitor and lead the ongoing delivery and improvement of a high standard of evidence-based care to clients, including appropriate clinical services across the mental health spectrum.
• Considerable knowledge and experience in leading teams to achieve quality service outcomes, providing high-quality line management support and clinical supervision. 
• Ability to deliver evidence-based psychological therapies to young people aged 12-25.
• Experience within the Mental Health System and knowledge of local referral pathways.
• Knowledge of and ability to comply with relevant legislation, standards, policies, practices and procedures.
• Ability to work collaboratively with others, maintain professionalism and actively engage with relevant stakeholders to advocate and support access for young people.

Are your credentials:

• Tertiary level qualifications in an Allied Health discipline including Social Work, Psychology, Mental Health Nursing or Occupational Therapy. 
• Current full registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority (APHRA) or current full membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). 
• Minimum 4 years demonstrated experience within the mental health field, including delivering contemporary, evidence-based practices and therapeutic interventions appropriate for young people. 
• Demonstrated experience and advanced level clinical leadership skills in a range of mental health service settings, including demonstrated experience working in youth mental health settings. 
• A current Drivers Licence. 

About Brophy (headspace Lead Agency)

Brophy Family & Youth Services has supported children, young people, families, and the southwest Victorian community for almost 50 years. We live here; this is our community; we believe in people and in their ability to create the life they want.

At Brophy, you will join a team of just over 200 employees delivering over 40 programs and services across areas including youth engagement, mental health, family violence, foster care, housing support, employment support, and disability services.

At Brophy our Vision is not just focused externally on our community – we feel just as passionate about our employees being meaningfully connected through their roles with us to create the life they want, and that as a workforce we achieve this together through innovation and healthy relationships, and by positively contributing to building an advantaged community.

Brophy’s headspace services are growing across the region – from our Warrnambool services now in operation for almost 15 years; we also provide a satellite service in Portland and are now working to establish a new headspace centre in Hamilton.

Diversity and Inclusion at Brophy: 

Brophy is dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment that ensures safety and a sense of belonging for everyone. We embrace individuals of diverse races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, ages, religions, abilities, and nationalities, recognising the richness that varied experiences bring to our efforts in supporting individuals and building stronger communities.

Our commitment extends to actively listening, learning, and evolving to become an accessible, inclusive, and secure organisation for all, encompassing First Nations peoples, members of the LGBTIQA+ community, individuals with disabilities, and those with culturally diverse backgrounds.

For more information please contact Penny Bolton (Executive Manager - Health Services) on 03 5561 8888 or [email protected] using the subject line: Clinical Lead - headspace Hamilton enquiry via EthicalJobs. 

Applications OPEN - Apply via the Apply Now link below.

Brophy Family & Youth Services will be taking a break for the holiday season from December 24th to January 2nd. We’ll start reviewing resumes again on January 2nd, 2025. In the meantime, we wish you a joyful and safe holiday season!